Oct. 7, 1997
Bears Finish 15th at Nike Northwest Tournament
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Dan Arroyo
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - The California men's golf team finished an unsatisfactory 15th
place today at the Nike Northwest Invitational in Corvallis,
Ore. The No. 19-ranked BYU squad won the tournament hands down,
shooting a three-under-par total of 861 eleven strokes better
than runner-up Colorado State (872).
The Bears, tied for 17th place after the initial two rounds,
fired a 293 over the final 18 holes to move up two notches into
15th place. At the two previous fall tournaments -- Falcon-Cross
Creek Invitational and Pacific Invitational-- the Bears brought
home back-to-back titles.
Individually, Cal was paced by junior Dan Arroyo who shot a
four-over 220 to finish in a tie for 23rd place. The tournament
was won by Andy Miller of BYU with a 54-hole score of 210 was
four strokes better than Washington's Scott Kral (214) and
Stanford's Dusty Brett (214).
Nike Northwest Invitational
Trysting Tree Golf Club, Corvallis, OR
54 holes, par 72, 6933 yards
Team Scores (22 teams)
1. BYU 296 283 282 861 -3
2. Colorado State 295 287 290 872 +8
3. Stanford 296 285 294 875 +11
T4. Washington 295 297 285 877 +13
T4. Texas-El Paso 296 291 290 877 +13
15. California 306 298 293 897 +33
Individual Scores:
1. Andy Miller BYU 75 68 67 210
T2. Scott Kral Washington 72 75 67 214
T2. Dusty Brett Stanford 68 73 73 214
4. B.J. Schlagenhauf UCLA 69 73 73 215
California Scores:
T23. Dan Arroyo 74 74 72 220
T28. Dan Coyle 74 73 74 221
T75. Han Lee 82 75 72 229
T84. Dong Yi 78 76 78 232
WD Jay Berkowitz 80 WD 75 ----
